On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti and heralding the Iconic Week of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav of MoEFCC (4-10th October 2021), a web portal – ‘Wetlands of India Portal’ (http://indianwetlands.in/), giving details on wetlands of the country, was launched by the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav. The portal is a single point access to all information...
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship addressed US- India Strategic Partnership Forum’s 4th Annual Leadership Summit on Thursday. The Summit, organized under the leadership of John Chambers, Chairman, USISPF and Dr. Mukesh Aghi, CEO & President, USISPF touched upon resilience in the face of adversity and strengthening the US-India strategic...
‘India is building global competencies to fulfill 21st century aspirations’, said Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Education and Skill Development at 5th East Asia Summit (EAS) Education Ministers Meeting. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for Education and senior officials of the Ministry also attended the meeting. Speaking on the occasion, Pradhan reaffirmed India’s commitment foster long-term and mutually...
Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj informed that most of the schools have already submitted their List of Candidates (LOC) for Class X and Xll. Looking into the last minute rush, CBSE has decided not charge late fees on 01.10.2021, if schools are submitting the List of Candidates on 01.10.2021. Accordingly, the date of payment will be 02.10.2021. However, the last date...
In a move to curb and abate the air pollution levels arising from the Construction and Demolition (C&D) activities in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Commission for Air Quality and Management (CAQM) will periodically review compliance of dust mitigation measures at Construction & Demolition sites in the National Capital Region. Directions have been issued by CAQM to the...
Indian Scientists have developed a novel high-performance bioreactor system integrated with sustainable pre-treatment process for enabling anaerobic digestion of complex fat-rich sludge from dairy industry. It has been further integrated with membrane bioreactor based-wastewater treatment to enable zero liquid discharge in the dairy industry. This technology has been developed by Dr. Sandeep N. Mudliar at CSIR-CFTRI Mysore with support...
Indian researchers have developed a unique technology for direct generation of Hydrogen from agricultural residue. This innovation by Indian researchers can promote eco-friendly hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles by overcoming the challenge of hydrogen availability. India has set a target of 60% renewable energy of about 450 GW by 2030. To achieve this feat, in the current scenario, researchers all...
High Court of Delhi in W.P. No. 11304/2019 pronounced the Judgment on 27.5.2021 upholding the decision of NCTE requiring the Teacher Educational Institutions (TEIs) to file Performance Appraisal Report (PAR). Based on the above judgment, PAR is now required to be mandatorily submitted by all TEIs online on the NCTE portal for the academic session 2020—2021, leading to better...
The Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO) located at Hanle near Leh in Ladakh is becoming one of the promising observatory sites globally, said a recent study. This is due to its advantages of more clear nights, minimal light pollution, background aerosol concentration, extremely dry atmospheric condition, and uninterrupted by monsoon. Astronomers are constantly searching for ideal locations around the world...
The Department of Youth Affairs of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Government of India) in commemoration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava is organizing nationwide Clean India Programme from 1st October 2021 to 31st October 2021. The programme is being organised in 6 Lakh villages of 744 Districts across the country through the networks of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan(NYKS) affiliated Youth Clubs &...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister has approved the continuation of ‘National Scheme for PM POSHAN in Schools’ for the five year period 2021-22 to 2025-26 with the financial outlay of ₹ 54061.73 crores from the Central Government and ₹ 31,733.17 crore from State Governments & UT administrations. Central Government will also...